INSTALLING AN LPR PORT

4. Why would you create virtual printers and vary the priorities on them?

Lesson Summary

To share an existing printer, use the Sharing tab of the Properties dialog box for

the printer and select Share This Printer.

If you expect network users of a shared printer to have computers that are running

different versions of Windows, you can install different drivers so that they are

automatically available to users who connect to the printer.

To stop sharing a printer, in the Properties dialog box for the printer, on the Shar-

ing tab, click Not Shared.

A printer pool consists of two or more identical printers that are connected to one

print server and act as a single printer.

Setting priorities on virtual printers makes it possible for users to send critical doc-

uments to a high-priority printer and noncritical documents to a lower-priority

printer, even when there is only one physical printer.